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juice of any plant thus mixed with honey and 

 boiled down, may be made what is called the 



Jionev of that plant. As to the oxymels^ they 



made in a very uniform manner. Th 

 following are so useful, that it will be proper 

 always to keep them in readiness. 



For oxymel of garlic, put half a pint of vi- 

 negar into an earthen pipkin, boil in it a quarter 

 of an ounce of caraway seeds, and the same quan- 

 tity of sweet fennel seeds, at last add aji ounce 

 and half of fresh garlic root sliced thin ; let it 

 boil a minute or two longer, then cover it up to 

 stand till cold, then press out the liquor, and 

 add ten ounces of honey, and boil it to a con- 

 sistence. 



For vinegar of squills, put into a pint of vi- 

 negar three ounces of dried squills ; let it stand two 

 days in a gentle heat, then press out the vinegar^ 

 and when it has stood to settle, add a pound and a 

 half of honey, and boil it to a consistence. Both 

 these are excellent in asthmas. 



To these also should be added^ the common sim- 

 ple oxymel, which is made of a pint of Tinegar, and 

 two pounds of honey boiled together to the con- 

 sistence of a syrnp. 



Finally, as to ointments, nothing can be so easy 

 as the making them of the common herbs, and 

 the expence is only so much hog*s-lard. The lard 

 is to be melted, and the fresh gathered leaves of 

 the herb are to be chopped to pieces, and thrown 

 into it : they are to be boiled till the leaves begin 

 to feel crisp, and then the lard is to he itrain^d 

 off. It will be greeiij and will have the virtues of 

 the herb, and must be called ointment of such an 

 herb. To these I shall take the opportunity of 

 adding the way of making two or three m*ore, 

 which^ though not the produce of English herbs^ 



